Combination work glove



Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471,801

R. E. NEAL COMBINAT I ON WORK GLOVE Filed Abril 24. 1922 'f/VVE/VTOB E0556 6 W641 PatentedQct. 23, 1923.

NlTED STATES 1,471,801 PATENT OFFICE. 4

RUSSELL E. NEAL, ors'r. LOUIS, MIssotrRI.

COMBINATION WORK GLOVE.

Application filed April 24, 1922. Serial R0. 556,313.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL E. NEAL, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Combination Work Gloves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

The invention relates to combination work gloves, namely, gloves of the kind that are constructed of two different kinds of material, usually canvas o some other fabric that forms the back part of the glove, and leather, or some other material that has great wear resisting properties that forms the front part of the glove.

Prior to my invention it was the general custom to form the palm and the front portions of two o more of the fingers of a combination work gIOXG from a single piece of leather wide enough to extend clear across the palm and long enough to extend from the lower end of the palm to-the tips of the fingers. Owing to the necessity of using a piece of leather long enough to extend from the lower end of the palm to the tips of the fingers, such gloves'cost considerably more to manufacture than a canvas work glove or a glove formed entirely of fabric.

The main object ofmy invention is to provide a combination work glove which is of such design that the front part of the glove can be formed from small pieces of leather or other relatively tough material,

thus reducing the cost of manufacturing the glove, on account of the low market value of scrap leather or small pieces'of leather.

' Another object'is to provide an inexpensive combination Work glove in which the palm portion and the portion of the index finger that is subjected to the greatest wear comprises two thicknesses of leather.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a front per- SPQCtlVG VlBW of-a combination work glove comprises a wrist portion which fits closely around the wrist of the wearer.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of my invention, the back part of the glove is formed from a piece of canvas or other suitable fabric A provided with extensions 1 that form the backs of the fingers, the back. of the thumb being formed by a separate piece of fabric 2 that is joined to the back piece A by a seam 3. The front part of the glove is formed from leather or some other suitable material that has greater wear resisting properties than fabric. Preferably, a piece of leather 4 is used to form the front and side portions of the thumb and separate pieces of leather 5 are used to form the fronts and side portions of the fingers, the

finger pieces 5 being extended downwardly 76 across the palm portion ofthe glove and being joined togethe by scams 6, as shown in dotted lines. in Figure 1. The exposed face or wearing surface of the palm portion of the glove is formed by a palm piece 7 that 80 extends transversely across the palm over the extensions of the finger pieces 5 and which is secured to same by transverse row of stitches 8 adjacent the upper and lower ends of said palm piece.

extension 7 that laps over the portion of the index finger disposed oppositely to the thumb so as to provide an extra thickness of leather at one side of the crotch between 0 the thumb and first finger, thus producing a glove having double thicknesses of leather in the portions of same that are subjected to the greatest wear.

. WhileI prefer to provide the finger pieces 5 with extensions that project downwardly across the palm portion, I do not wish it to be understood that my invention is lim ted to a'glove of this particular description, for,-

if desired, the'fingers can be provided with 1 relatively short pieces of leather 5 that form the fronts and side portions of same and which terminate at their lower ends adjacent the upper edge of the palm piece 7 as shown in Figure 3 of the drawings, the 1 lower ends of the finger pieces 5 being secured to the upper edge of the palm piece 7 by transverse rows of stitches 8.

By constructinga combination work glove inthe manner above described I am able to use small pieces of leather to form the front part of the glove, thus reducing the cost of referably, the 85 .palm piece 7 is provided at one end with an manufacturing the glove, and when the glove is providedwith a double palm portion, it is stronger and will last considerably longer than the conventional combination work glove, due to the extranthickness-ofout quickly.

Having thus described my inventiornwhat ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A combination work glove having a back part and a front part formed of difierent kinds of materials, said front part being composed of separate finger pieces that form the fronts and side portions of the fingers and which have extensions that extend downwardly across the palm, said extensions being joined together by vertical seams, a thumb piece that forms the front and side portions of the thumb, and a palm piece extending transversely across the palm over the extensions of the finger pieces and joined to same by transverse rows of stitches.

2. A. combination work glove having a back part formed of fabric and a front part formed of leather or other relatively tough material, said front part comprising separate fingers that extend from the tlps of the fingers downwardly across the palm and joined together by seams that extend vertically of the palm, a thumb piece, anda palm piece extending transversely across the palm over portions of said finger pieces and provided at one end with a part that laps over the index finger in proximity to the thumb, said pahn piece having its top and bottom edges secured bytransverse rows of stitches.

RUSSELL E. NEAL. 

